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I have lived well over half my life (40+ years) in the Chihuahuan Desert but have traveled through, hiked and camped in every major desert of the United States and Mexico. I have also traveled the entire length of the Atacama Desert in Chile by land. Las Vegas is located on the northern edge of the Mojave Desert.
Although partly surrounded by high mountains that bear snow for several months of the year, and just 20 miles from the deep waters of Lake Mead, Las Vegas is built in a desert - it lies towards the northeastern corner of the Mojave Desert - and so has a suitably hot, dry, low humidity climate.